Nigeria vs Vanuatu: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Nigeria

0.5837 tonnes per person

in 2024

Vanuatu

0.6012 tonnes per person

in 2024

Nigeria rank

176th

Vanuatu rank

174th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Nigeria
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.6012 tonnes per person against 0.5837 tonnes per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0175 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Nigeria ranks 176th and Vanuatu ranks 174th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.